Beautiful, brilliant Japanese

Hi! I’m Fran

Have you always wanted to learn Japanese? Perhaps you don’t know where to get started? Or maybe you’ve had a couple of “false starts” already…? You started learning, but gave up. Maybe you even think language learning is not for you.

I know how you feel.

When I first visited Japan in 2008, I was captivated by this fascinating country - its culture, people and most of all its language. There was one problem. I didn't speak Japanese!

I spent the following decade learning this beautiful language. I worked hard to achieve fluency, and in 2012 I passed N1, the highest level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test.

Since 2015, I’ve been teaching Japanese lessons to groups in my central Brighton classroom at Step Up Japanese.

The truth is that learning Japanese isn't particularly easy, or quick. But it's a beautiful, brilliant language, and I love sharing that with you. Together, we can achieve your language learning goals. And we can have a lot of fun doing it!

What my students say:

I made more progress in the first few lessons than an entire previous year of attempted self-learning.

— Phil

As a teacher, Fran is supportive and the work she provides is motivating, always tempered just right: never impossibly challenging, but always tempting you to step out of your comfort zone to try something new. 

— David

“The lessons are relaxed and fun (great if you find things like this intimidating like me). Fran is super knowledgeable and quick feedback makes Step Up lessons so much more useful than online or textbook learning.”

— Mark

Fran’s Japanese classes are fun and accessible - highly recommended.